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"B came to us by chance you can say. She was my mom’s neighbor’s cat, and when mom’s neighbor passed away, no one took her. So my mom trapped her and brought her to us! (Turns out, B really didn’t like anyone, so it’s a huge bonus that she eventually became our loving household cat!)
It was time when my mom brought her to us and when she opened up the cat carrier, B booked it out of there. My mom didn't have a chance of getting her inside of the house! Right then we were like, "where did she go? Is she even around?!” We went and called for her but had no luck getting her to show herself.
Now, our woodshed is behind our home, and my husband was always back there bringing in wood or whatnot. One night, he spots her and goes “no way!” At this point, he thought I was making it up about my mom bringing a cat to our house because he’d never seen her! After that, he named her Black Knight because he would see her the most at night. Eventually she came into the house and we started calling her “BK” then just “B”.
She had been living under our house for a while, but eventually it got to be winter and it started to snow. We peeled back some of the siding so we could get to her and try and catch her. It took time with food and working together to get her, but we finally caught her and brought her inside. She was oh so scared! She lived in our room under our bed for a while. Sometimes we would get her out to hold her and pet her. But she didn't like loud noises, which wasn't great because we are not a quiet house!
Time went by and she started getting used to everything. She was fine with our dog. She even put up with our other cats, even though she WAS NOT having it at first, eventually they started sleeping on the same bed!
B loved my husband, who was her human. She would follow him and listen to everything he said. He taught her how to shake. Have you ever seen a cat shake on demand? She did but only for him. It was crazy. She would make her rounds after a while on who she wanted to sleep with. Whoever was being relaxed and not making a lot of noise is who she would go to. Toward the end of her life, she mostly chose our youngest daughter. B would sit by her door until she was able to get in there with her.
It was hard when we had to make the choice of putting her to sleep, but we didn't want to see her in pain anymore. It was her time to cross over that rainbow bridge and be with our other fur babies. She is going to be missed. My husband will miss her curling up on his chair with him and sleeping right up against his side or back so that he couldn’t move much in bed. He always made sure she had more room in the bed than I did!
It's always hard to lose a pet because they aren't just pets they are family. B made a mark on our hearts and it hurts so badly to say goodbye. But it's never a goodbye, it's a see you later and B will never be forgotten. Till we get to see her again."
from Angela Stackhouse
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